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the maddeningly inarticulate kevin madden—late of the dire and disastrous Romney campaign—to work for Glover Park Group
June 18, 2008 in 2008, campaign communications, campaign communiques, conservatism, election 2008, GOP, incompetence, media, mitt romney, republicans, rhetoric, romney, stupidity, the dark soul of Mitt Romney, triumph of unreason
Tags: duplicity, kevin madden, Mike Allen, Politico.com, the maddeninglhy inarticulate kevin madden, utter stupidity
[…] “Glover Park Group, founded by and stocked with some of Washington’s best-known Democrats, is suddenly going bipartisan despite the possibility of a Republican wipeout in November,” writes Mike Allen of politico.com in a story titled Democratic firm adding Republicans—not terribly bright, nominal Republicans, anyway.
The strategy firm announced Wednesday that it is hiring Kevin Madden, 36, who appears frequently on television as a Republican analyst and was a top official in Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign […]
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- Knepper of race42008.com: "During the week that Romney dropped out of the race, his favorability rating, according to Gallup, was -12!"
- the maddeningly inarticulate kevin madden---late of the dire and disastrous Romney campaign---to work for Glover Park Group
- now dispersed former Team Romney hacks and hirelings can't let it go
- Globe Staff: Romney put in at least $42.3 million of his own money, a big chunk of the $97 million he spent on the campaign
- John Ellis: [Romney] "was terribly served by his campaign staff and advisors---I would argue that they win the worst campaign team of 2008---Good riddance to them---They had everything they needed to make a good run and they made a complete hash of it"
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